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For more than six decades, the department store has advertised over-the-top holiday packages.
—Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
The Sears department store failed to adapt to the digital economy and has trailed behind competitors Kohl’s and Macy’s.
—Georgia Godfrey, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
So this latest installment has been passed on to British commercials and music video director Dougal Wilson, best known locally for his Christmas-time advertisements for department store John Lewis, including that one featuring a boxer dog on a trampoline.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
Related Articles Finley, 41, is currently CEO of Debenhams, which Boohoo acquired out of administration and transformed into a digital department store.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 1 Nov. 2024
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First Known Use
1887, in the meaning defined above
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“Department store.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/department%20store. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
department store
noun
: a store having separate sections for a wide variety of goods
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